20 best movies like Donkey Skin (1970)

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryCzechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration01:22

The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:26

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, musical, family
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:53

The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia

Anjali is left heartbroken when her best friend and secret crush, Rahul, falls in love with Tina. Years later, Tina's young daughter tries to fulfil her mother's last wish of uniting Rahul and Anjali.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Malta
Duration01:54

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryFrance
Duration01:22

A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryFrance

The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryTurkey
Duration02:20

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:46

After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil...

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

    A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the weaker and less attractive. When Kyle invites his misfit classmate Kendra to an environmental rally at their school, she questions his motivations but reluctantly accepts. Later, Kyle blows Kendra off, prompting the spurned goth girl to cast a dark spell on the swaggering egotist.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

      In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:39

      Poonam, a traditionally brought-up young woman, is to marry Prem, a groom chosen by her uncle. Poonam and Prem's faith and love are to be tested however, when an accident occurs and Poonam might be scarred for life.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
      CountryIndia

      A man is forced to marry a tree to ward off ill-luck that surrounds his love-life which turns into a nightmare when the tree is embodied by a spirit with an unfinished business.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryJapan
      Duration02:05

      A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfect for her until something unexpected happens.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryItaly, France
      Duration01:44

      A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos. The King of Spain has ordered Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven Italian Princesses, but he is smitten by the lowly peasant.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
      CountryUSA

      Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:20

      Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:45

      A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
      Duration02:18

        Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:54

        A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
        Duration01:36

        Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:32

        A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryHong Kong, China
        Duration01:42

        The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
        Duration01:36

          Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.

          Markimdb: 8.9
          Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
          CountryFrance
          Duration02:30

          A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryFrance, Belgium
          Duration02:05

          A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration03:01

          This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrefantasy, drama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryIndia
          Duration01:45

          A story-writer attempts to convince a producer to accept four erotic stories from the Panchtantra.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryFrance, Germany, USA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:31

          When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:03

          Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

          Markimdb: 4.5
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:34

          An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryFrance
          Duration02:12

          Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Crossing paths with Antoine, a victim of Santi, sets off a series of wild events.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:39

          Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryFrance, Belgium
          Duration02:02

          Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
          CountryIndia
          Duration01:48

          As Ishaan, a music producer who takes advantage of the women in his life, feels a connection with Gauri, his new next-door neighbor, he begins to learn the importance of friendship - causing him to work to repair his relationships.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
          CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
          Duration02:25

          From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

            Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
            CountryUSA

            A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryDenmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany
            Duration01:51

            Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration01:44

            A sleazy politician sends an agent after his ex-fiancee, who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.




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